netdev - Re: [PATCH] net: Check the expect of skb->data at mac header

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Date:   Mon, 24 Aug 2020 15:49:02 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     linmiaohe@...wei.com
Cc:     kuba@...nel.org, martin.varghese@...ia.com, pshelar@....org,
        fw@...len.de, dcaratti@...hat.com, edumazet@...gle.com,
        steffen.klassert@...unet.com, pabeni@...hat.com,
        shmulik@...anetworks.com, kyk.segfault@...il.com,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: Check the expect of skb->data at mac header

From: Miaohe Lin <linmiaohe@...wei.com>
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2020 08:28:22 -0400

> skb_mpls_push() and skb_mpls_pop() expect skb->data at mac header. Check
> this assumption or we would get wrong mac_header and network_header.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Miaohe Lin <linmiaohe@...wei.com>

Both openvswitch and act_mpls.c seem to adhere to this constraint.

I don't see real value to these extra checks, sorry.